Remove chi310118.ru “Install Extension” scam – Virus Removal Guide

chi310118.ru is a dangerous scam, an “install extension to leave” scam. The chi310118.ru domain forces the PC user to install an extension with the name “Copy Cat”. Once the user would agree to install the extension, the web browser is redirected to even more malware web pages and browser data is collected and sent to cybercriminals. chi310118.ru is related to malware, once the user sees the chi310118.ru redirect in their Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Edge browser the PC is infected with malware.

The chi310118.ru install extension to leave pop-up might appear out of the blue or displayed when the user visits a specific website or triggers a particular keyword within the content of the webpage.

chi310118.ru is a dangerous domain that is abused by an adware application. Adware is known to inject “Install extension to leave” advertisements abusing the chi310118.ru domain.

The chi310118.ru redirect appears as a web-browser pop-up when adware, e.g. an ad-supported malware application is installed on the PC. Adware is monetized software, designed to display intrusive commercials in the style of pop-ups on the infected PC. Some website’s that provide suspicious services such as free games, free downloads or free toolbars are likely to monetize their free downloads with Adware for revenue.

chi310118.ru web-browser pop-ups, redirect the Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge browser through a variety of web pages. Many of the redirects lead to web pages that earn revenue for the Adware developers. Associated signs of an Adware infection result in, unwanted configuration changes in the web-browser homepage, search-engine, and new-tab. Hyperlinks redirect to web pages different from what the user expected and pop-ups displayed on the internet web-browser with unknown content.

Remove chi310118.ru pop-up

Use this menu to clean your PC from the chi310118.ru web-browser pop-up.
The easiest and most complete procedure to remove the chi310118.ru redirect and the associated malware is using the malware removal tool. However, we do offer manual malware removal instructions for our visitors.

Step 1. Remove chi310118.ru with Malwarebytes

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Step 2. Delete chi310118.ru with Zemana Antivirus

Zemana Anti-Malware is an second opinion anti-malware scanner which uses Cloud technology for malware detection. Zemana is the fastest, smallest and most proactively malware scanner available. Zemana is its best in addition to a primary virus scanner or malware scanner such as Malwarebytes.

Open the Zemana anti-malware setup file.
Install Zemana anti-malware using the default settings, after successful installation Zemana anti-malware will update itself to the latest version.

Select the Scan button to perform a malware scan, wait for the scan to finish, this usually takes a few minutes.

Click the Next button to remove the malware found by Zemana on your computer.

Wait a couple of seconds for Zemana to remove the malware from your PC.

Your PC is successfuly cleaned by Zemana. Zemana is an excellent protection for people searching for a lightweight malware detection and removal tool. Zemana is its best in addition to a more comprehensive antivirus or anti-malware security application such as Malwarebytes.

Uninstall adware to get rid of the chi310118.ru pop-up web-browser redirect.

In this first step, we show you how to detect and manually uninstall adware responsible for the chi310118.ru pop-up ad.
After you have uninstalled any adware application(s), perform an anti-malware scan with our recommended removal tools to remove any traces from your PC to make sure the chi310118.ru ad is entirely removed from the infected PC.

Windows 10 user

Right-click the Windows Start button. Click Apps and Features, scroll through the application list until you find the malicious application. Click Uninstall and follow uninstall instructions. Below you will find a list of known adware and potentially unwanted programs.

Windows 8 user

Right-click the Windows start button, click Control Panel and click Programs and Features.

Windows 7 user

Click the Start button in the left bottom corner, select Control Panel, select "Programs and Features".

Check the installed applications list for recently installed malware applications.
Below you will find a summary of recently known adware and potentially unwanted programs for Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7.

Select the software application from the list and click the Uninstall button.
Click the column "Installed On" to sort recently installed software applications by date, sorting the software applications by installation date makes it easier for you to detect recently installed applications.
If you don't know what to look or need help to remove the malicious software,

Good, Internet Explorer is reset to the default configuration, it is important to know there are virus remnants on your computer. We recommend to scan and remove the virus files from your computer. Make sure the virus does not reinstall, and all remnants are removed from your PC.

In this first step for Chrome, you need to identify and remove any browser extension.
If you didn't install any browser extension at all, remove all browser extensions from Chrome.

Click the menu button, from the Chrome menu click More tools and then Extensions.

Identify browser extension(s) from the list and click the Remove button to remove the extension.
If you are unsure if the extension is malicious, click the slider and disable the extension first. Continue to the next step.

Reset the Google Chrome profile sync

Google Chrome synchronizes the browsers user-profile with the Google Cloud services. If the Google Chrome browser is infected with adware, this adware, usually browser extensions, the homepage and search engine settings are synced with Google's servers.
It is important to clean this synchronized cache. If the user doesn't clear the synchronized settings, the adware, browser extension and settings keep coming back on any devices the Chrome user profile is synchronized with.

Reset the Google Chrome homepage and search engine settings

Chrome has the option to reset to default settings, a Chrome browser reset will not affect your saved bookmarks and passwords.

Click the menu button, from the drop-down menu click Settings.

Scroll down to Advanced and again scroll down to Reset settings.

Click the Reset button to reset Google Chrome.

Confirm the reset of the Chrome web-browser by clicking the Reset button.
Restart Google Chrome for the changes to take effect.

Google Chrome is reset to default settings, it is important to know there are remnants of malware on your computer. We recommend to scan and remove malware files from your computer to make sure the malware does not reinstall and the malware is entirely removed from your PC.

In this first step for Firefox, you need to identify and remove any Firefox add-on that is unknown to you.
If you didn't install any add-on at all, remove all add-ons from Firefox.

Click the Firefox menu button, from the drop-down menu click Add-ons.

Click extensions from the left menu. Identify any unknown Firefox browser extension.
Click the Remove button to delete the extension.

Reset the Firefox homepage and search engine settings

Firefox has the option to reset to default settings, this will reset Firefox completely.

Click the menu button, from the menu, select Help ? (the question mark icon, at the end of the menu).

The Firefox browser is reset to default settings, it is important to know there are remnants of malware on your computer. We recommend to scan and remove malware files from your computer to make sure the malware does not reinstall and the malware is entirely removed from the Firefox web-browser and PC.

If you encounter problems with Microsoft Edge, follow these instructions.

Right-click the start button in Windows 10, from the start menu top click Apps and Features.

Scroll down through the right Apps and Features list till you see Microsoft Edge, click Advanced options.

Click on the Reset button to reset Microsoft Edge to default settings. Microsoft Edge reset will clear the browsing history, cookies, and settings. Not the Microsoft Edge favorites web pages.

The Microsoft Edge web-browser is reset to default settings, it is important to know there are remnants of malware on your computer. We recommend to scan and remove malware files from your computer to make sure the malware does not reinstall and the malware is entirely removed from the Microsoft Edge web-browser and PC.

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